The
father of a Jewish family was badly beaten and the family home was
completely trashed on Sunday by local youths in Marseille, France.

The father of a Jewish family was badly beaten and the family home
was completely trashed on Sunday by local youths in Marseille, France.Residents in their Jewish neighborhood are stunned following the incident.

Marseilles is home to some 80,000 Jews – 10 percent of the general
population but a small fraction compared to the 250,000 Muslims with
whom they also live. It has been relatively quiet France's
second-largest city this year, compared to other areas in the country
where violent anti-Semitism has been on the rise.

Last month the SPCJ (Service de Protection de la Communaute Juive)
security agency for French Jewry reported a 45 percent rise in
anti-Semitic attacks since 2011, mostly by Muslims.

This incident began when two youths parked their car in a Jewish family's private garage.

When the family saw the unfamiliar vehicle they called police, and the car was towed. Upon finding their vehicle gone and learning it had been towed, the youths became angry.

They returned with a gang of friends to exact their revenge upon the
hapless family. The gang broke into the home, severely beat up the
father of the family and destroyed the rest of the house.

According to local sources,
one of the youths reportedly attempted to murder the father. Neighbors
heard the family's screams coming from the home and called police, who arrested the attackers. Upon leaving the scene, the attackers promised to “finish the job,” according to local media reports.

In May of this year, a 17-year-old Jewish youth wearing a kipa was
also attacked by four male gang members who shouted “It's Shabbat for
you, long live [Al Qaeda-linked French Algerian Muslim terrorist]
Mohamed Merah! F*** the Jews.... Palestine will win!”

One of the gang members jumped on to his victim, punching him in the
arm and kicking him in the leg. The victim punched him back. The
attacker also punched the victim's brother-in-law, who tried to block
the attack, according to Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry.

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The
father of a Jewish family was badly beaten and the family home was
completely trashed on Sunday by local youths in Marseille, France.

The father of a Jewish family was badly beaten and the family home
was completely trashed on Sunday by local youths in Marseille, France.Residents in their Jewish neighborhood are stunned following the incident.

Marseilles is home to some 80,000 Jews – 10 percent of the general
population but a small fraction compared to the 250,000 Muslims with
whom they also live. It has been relatively quiet France's
second-largest city this year, compared to other areas in the country
where violent anti-Semitism has been on the rise.

Last month the SPCJ (Service de Protection de la Communaute Juive)
security agency for French Jewry reported a 45 percent rise in
anti-Semitic attacks since 2011, mostly by Muslims.

This incident began when two youths parked their car in a Jewish family's private garage.

When the family saw the unfamiliar vehicle they called police, and the car was towed. Upon finding their vehicle gone and learning it had been towed, the youths became angry.

They returned with a gang of friends to exact their revenge upon the
hapless family. The gang broke into the home, severely beat up the
father of the family and destroyed the rest of the house.

According to local sources,
one of the youths reportedly attempted to murder the father. Neighbors
heard the family's screams coming from the home and called police, who arrested the attackers. Upon leaving the scene, the attackers promised to “finish the job,” according to local media reports.

In May of this year, a 17-year-old Jewish youth wearing a kipa was
also attacked by four male gang members who shouted “It's Shabbat for
you, long live [Al Qaeda-linked French Algerian Muslim terrorist]
Mohamed Merah! F*** the Jews.... Palestine will win!”

One of the gang members jumped on to his victim, punching him in the
arm and kicking him in the leg. The victim punched him back. The
attacker also punched the victim's brother-in-law, who tried to block
the attack, according to Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry.